The photo that Chris White took of his daughter Hazel in the Braehead shopping center (Source: BBC News)

UK citizen Chris White took his daughter, Hazel, to the Braehead shopping center near Glasgow on Friday and ran into trouble when photographing her within the mall

The U.S. has had its share of photo-related issues when police officers were arresting citizens for videotaping or photographing them while on duty. But a recent incident in the UK took the prohibition of photography to an entirely new level when a citizen was told he was not allowed to photograph his own daughter.

UK citizen Chris White took his daughter to the Braehead shopping center near Glasgow on Friday and ran into trouble when photographing her within the mall.

According to White, he had photographed his daughter eating an ice cream while "looking cute on the back of a Vespa seat at an ice cream bar." He had uploaded the photos to Facebook.

White was then approached by a security guard, who told him to delete the photos he had taken. The security guard also mentioned that there were signs within the establishment saying that photographs were not allowed. Apparently, employees at the ice cream bar had told security that they were suspicious of White for taking pictures at their counter, and had thought that he was also taking pictures of them.

White told the security guard that he had already sent the two photos to Facebook, and that's when the police were called. They took White's information and noted that they could take the mobile phone as well under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. White was then allowed to leave.

A spokesman for the Braehead shopping center assured that the police were polite about dealing with the situation, and that the matter was handled correctly.

"Our priority is always to maintain a safe and enjoyable environment for all of our shoppers and retailers," said the Braehead spokesman. "The member of our security staff acted in good faith. We have a 'no photography' policy in the centre to protect the privacy of staff and shoppers and to have a legitimate opportunity to challenge suspicious behavior if required. However, it is not our intention to -- and we do not -- stop innocent family members taking pictures."

Superintendent George Nedley, of Renfrewshire and Inverclyde division, said a "full review" has been launched in regards to a complaint regarding White's photography incident.

Your last sentence confirms your conceited attitude, which only makes your earlier comments about this being settle in my mind all the more amusing, as if it's not in yours either, and that should not be seen as am admission that it is in mine, by the way.

That you cannot see that there is a difference between private property that THE PUBLIC ARE invited into and private property that THE PUBLIC ARE NOT invited into, with the exception of YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY is quite mind boggling.

You seem to be missing the point (which someone else replying did get) which is that we need to always be able to ask at least why they have the signs up and if they are justified, not just blindly go along with any sign that appears like a castrated poodle, which seems to be your attitude, and not accept being treated in the heavy handed, over the top manner that the man was with the police being called in.

On a wider note, I believe that this is yet another example why the public and the Police in the UK have never felt more disconnected, as there seem to be too many cases where they are on hand to attend such an "incident". Yet when people really need them, they are no where to be seen. This kind of over the top Police reaction, and over the top shopping centre "security" is just a sad reflection of how people are treated, namely with very little respect. However, I'd wager that the Police Officer and the security guard probably go home most nights and wonder why it is that the public no longer respect them.